Australia cruise into final with eight-wicket win over West Indies
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London: Australia are once again into the Women’s Twenty20 World Cup final after thrashing the West Indies by eight wickets at the Oval on Tuesday.
The West Indies won 125-7 and the inadequacy of that total was revealed as Australia caught it with seven runs to spare.
Openers Beth Mooney and Ash Gardner partnered in the seventh over of the chase, leading the bowlers to 127-2 with an unbeaten combination of 63 runs from 37 balls.
Mooney took 61 from 36 balls, her eighth T20 World Cup fifty, tied with New Zealand’s Suzie Bates for the most. Gardner had 20 of 35.
Unbeaten Australia will seek their seventh T20 World Cup title in their eighth final in 10 tournaments. The hosts will face either England or South Africa at Lord’s on Sunday. The semi-finals are at The Oval on Thursday.
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